Abbott’s Tour de Snowy costs him coverage

Tony Abbott’s Tour de Snowy has effectively left most of the media running to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard this week, some may consider the Opposition Leader’s timing serendipitous, being able to avoid discussing health reform while a Labor Prime Minister and a bunch of Labor Premiers beat up on each other.

The still Premier of Tasmania jumps back into the list in what was, in hindsight, a not all that surprising week of developments in Tasmanian politics. Given that the Greens are to the left and the Liberals to the right of Labor, the Opposition Leader was most likely going to end up being either Will Hodgman or Nick McKim. Hodgman will undoubtedly maintain the rage in the hopes of a failed shotgun marriage and another shot at the prize sooner rather than later.

Chris Evans takes over the running on the asylum seeker issue as Kevin Rudd goes back to health, while the people of Afghanistan are thrilled that their country is now so peaceful that no-one should feel threatened enough to want to leave.

All the PM and his Deputy here too as the Education Unions do their level best to further burnish Julia Gillard’s reputation on talkback radio.

When Ben Cousins is supposedly the cool, calm-headed one, you begin to understand why the Tigers are where they are.